Nintendo is once again looking to reach beyond the core gaming markets with an innovative new console. However, this time it’s doing so by drawing on all its experience to create a true hybrid platform.  “Nintendo Switch is a unique gaming and tech product that’s a home console, a handheld …

Ukie CEO Dr Jo Twist OBE has been appointed as one of eleven sector champions in the UK to help improve the experiences of disabled people across the country. Minister for Disabled People, Work and Health Penny Mordaunt announced the appointments this week, with the aim of tackling the issues …

Jo Twist named champion by Disability minister Penny Mordaunt

There are only a few weeks to go if you’d like to secure a seat at the games industry’s most prestigious awards show. With March almost upon us, you’re running out of time to book a spot at this year’s MCV Awards. This year, the MCV Awards will be held …

A Switch console that made it out into the wild far ahead of the machine’s official launch on March 3rd was stolen from a retailer. A NeoGaf user last week claimed to have received his Switch pre-order early from an unspecified stockist. These claims were backed up by a video …

Nintendo UK has responded to our query about production concerns surrounding the NES Classic Mini, stating that the highly-sought after retro console is still in production and that it will continue to be stocked at retail. "Regarding NES Classic Mini, production continues, and Nintendo of Europe will continue to ship …

New video games-focused licensing agency Bits and Pixels says it is aiming to get Overwatch-licensed goods into supermarkets as well as specialist retail. The new agency, set up by Konami veterans Sandra Arcan and Su-Yina Farmer, says this is possible due to the PEGI 12 age rating of Blizzard’s team …

Increasingly, developers can import a model of a real-world city into their games, rather than designing it themselves. But what does that option really bring to the table, and isn't it a little creatively stifling?

Starbreeze has released it full year-end report for 2016 and its net revenue for the year was up 58 per cent year-on-year, reaching 345.5m Swedish Krona (SEK) (or 31m). The publisher had a particularly healthy Q4 as well, with net revenue totalling 99.4m SEK (8.9m), showing a growth of 103 …

Industry veteran John Smedley has been appointed to run Amazon Games’ brand new studio in San Diego – the third one in the US for the retail giant. The EverQuest creator has run Sony Online Entertainment (then renamed Daybreak Game Company when Sony sold the company to Columbus Nova) for …